Hardwired Memories
So recently I have been looking into getting a used computer to improve my workflow. This got me thinking about all of the computers I went through in my lifetime. My first computer was an IBM ThinkPad that my Dad found in his Taxi in 1997. We couldn’t track down the owner (Yes we tried) so he gave it to me. It was on this computer where I first logged on to the net (remember the old dial up sound), and where I registered for my first email account. I also taught myself all of those obsolete html coding skills on this laptop. I still have that machine (pictured below), and it still works.
My next computer was a iMac G3. For years I was resistent to making the switch from PC to Mac. The old Carrie Bradshaw Power Book G3′s that were in vogue at the time looked very similar to every other PC, so there wasn’t any aesthetic incentive to make the switch. Then Apple came out with it’s colorful iMac G3 in 1998 and I bought one a year later. But even after this purchase my Mac sat in my apartment for almost a year before I stopped using my PC and decided to commit to the Mac. Since then I have been a die hard MacHead. I have had two MacBooks since. I must say in terms of design Apple has played it pretty safe since those colorful iMacs from the late 90′s. Those were my favorite, I still have mine prominently displayed on my work table. To this day Apple has the best industrial desingers on the planet, but the current white and grey color schemes can’t hold a candle to that candy colored palete of the late 90′s. Remember this ad:
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